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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Export instances of procedures
Date: 2000/04/25
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In article <3905CCCB.C48B9113@maths.unine.ch>,
  Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch> wrote:
> Vincent Marciante wrote:
>
> > At this point, Read_8bit_AutoInt(...) requires a completion.
> > A subprogram renaming declaration (RM 8.5.4) can act as a
completion but
> > an instantiation can't.
>
> Sorry for insisting on this question, but _why_ cannot the
instance
> be considered as complete ?

Because that's the rule! It is absolutely clear in the RM that
an instantiation cannot act as a completion. Could the language
be designed to allow this? Sure! Is it designed that way? No!
Why, because this was considered an unnecessary complexity.


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